chinese boat on the river 1962

[loribear]

I pinched this video from utube, i liked it because it was the same month & the same year as i was born , it was lovely seeing all those old wooden boats on the broads ,but the thing that interested me was the chinese boat going down the river,near the end of the vid , i had to watch it twice as i thought i was seeing things.lori

[BroadScot]

Hi Lori,

 

JM maybe be able to enlighten us regarding chinese style boats. I recollect one being under cover next to Hamptons yard in OB years ago. Don't think its the same one, but you never know, it may be.

 

 

Iain.

[C.Ricko]

its a shame there aren't as many  speed boats about these days..

[Guest]

Lori's Chinese boat intrigues me.

 

When I look at these still frames closely, I can't decide whether it's a DIY conversion or a genuine Sampan style boat.

 

The wide square foredeck looks built up over a standard cruiser bow, especially with the sloping forward facing cabin windows.

 

Yet the stern is very different from a western design cruiser, having neither a flat transom nor a rounded "cruiser" stern.

 

The sharply upward sloping after deck is indeed very reminiscent of Chinese Junks.

 

It's got quite a wide beam too.

 

It would be fascinating to know more of it's history.

 

I tried googling "chinese junk norfolk broads" and thought I'd found something on the NBN, but it was an old post from Branden, talking about quite a different type of  "Chinese Junk"

 

[GeoffandWendy]

Very tranquil to watch except for those speed boats, It seems that there were no speed limits in those days.

[BroadScot]

There was one posssibly different was damaged coming through Mutford Lock. Sorry, but cannot remember exactly when that happened. 80's 90's?

 

Iain.

[JennyMorgan]

The Oulton Broad 'junk' belonged to the Exeter Maritime Museum and it emigrated up here. Can't remember the story exactly but she was modern, at the time, a replica built for a film. She wasn't damaged as such when coming through Mutford Lock but a friend and I brought her into the lock  chamber at high water, as the tide dropped the outriggers on the hull were clearly going to foul on the lock so, with a bit of quick thinking, we cut them off rather than see them lift the deck as the hull dropped. They were easily replaced. The other 'junk' was, if I remember correctly, built for the European market but I only ever saw her once. 

[JennyMorgan]

I believe that this is the Oulton Broad one:

http://www.worldofboats.org/boats/view/keying_ii/22

If it is then my history is only half right!

[AdnamsGirl]

I'd forgotten just what a great bit of footage this was.

 

 

 

I can't help with any info about the boat, but would also love to know more.

 

 

 

 

Carol

[JennyMorgan]

Re that North Rivers Junk I'm sure that she featured at the Earls Court Boatshow during the 1960's. I've googled but can find nothing about her although I do recollect that she, or similar, was restored a few years ago on the Thames.

[BroadScot]

Thank you JM, I was not sure about damage done. I really must delve into old shoe boxes and see if I have pics of the one that came through the lock.

 

 

Iain.

[Prsw100]

I live in Hong Kong, I don't know the history but it is certainly a junk, though not a very large one..

Paul

[JennyMorgan]

Paul, I believe that her dimensions were to a large extent dictated by the shipping company that brought her to the U.K. She's certainly not family sized.